EKALAKA TOWN COUNCIL MINUTES

Ekalaka Town Council Special Meeting Minutes

Town Office: October 12, 2022 at 5 p.m.

A. Call Meeting to Order at 5:06 p.m.

a. Roll Call Council: Libby, Melissa, Andy

b. Employees Present: Teri – later excused herself due to topic of conversation.

c. Appointed Officials Present: Buck

B. Pledge of Allegiance

C. Public Comment:

a. Kirstin Sweet, of Bridger gave a synopsis of what she has seen while working with Teri today and she assured the council she’s seen worse. Kitty had kept things going while she could, so really, we just will need to focus on January 2022 and move forward from there with reconciling. She suggested we request invoices from the county for law enforcement services. (Recommends if we do an annual payment, do that in January/February of the fiscal year.) Kristen was impressed with our financial situation, knowing that we will have reconciliation to go through. The financial reports we should have in our monthly packet should be: CASH REPORT, EXPENDITURE BUDGET REPORT, AND REVENUE BUDGET REPORT, as the council should be paying attention to check numbers and knowing where they’re going. Buck can ask to see timesheets for employees. Recommends us all attending the Fundamentals of Local Government put on by MT Municipalities. Overall, she’s optimistic for where we can go from here.

D. New Business

a. Hiring Town Clerk

i. Much discussion occurred on our three capable applicants, eventually calling Teri in later in the meeting to discuss adjusting her current position.

ii. Melissa moved to follow the course of action discussed , waiting for the morning decision and final hire decision directed to Buck, Libby seconded – no further discussion; motion passed unanimously.

E. Adjourn

a. Andy moved to adjourn, Melissa seconded – no further discussion; motion passed unanimously.

b. Meeting adjourned at 7:01 p.m.

Minutes submitted by Libby Barth, October 16, 2022